One of the many things we should no longer have to talk about in 2017—along with Nazism, white supremacy, and the right to use... Read More

Gayle Jordan is the executive director of Recovering from Religion. She is a former Southern Baptist who left the faith ten years ago when... Read More

Three democratic representatives walk into a jail. No, that’s not the set-up for a joke. It’s something that happened recently in New York, when... Read More

I don’t know many people who consider divorce fun or enjoyable. It is often a painful and tolling experience, in addition to the longer-term... Read More

Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Humanist Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Humanist Dilemma). All... Read More

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Humanists are good at handling abstract philosophical questions, such as responding to the “god of the gaps” argument (that wherever there’s a gap in... Read More

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and other Judiciary Committee Democrats are being pilloried by everyone from the president of Princeton to the National Review for... Read More

As a lifelong political nerd, most of my personal heroes have been politicians and political theorists. And while many of these figures have retained... Read More

Please note: this review contains a number of specific plot details. Mother! is an exhausting allegorical film—sometimes moving, sometimes ridiculous. In truth, it’s more... Read More